How are teachers like Mangos?
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Re: How are teachers like Mangos?
I recently received an empowerment from Dzogchen Rinpoche who seemed 'ripe' enough and the empowerment has been of great help to me.
As head of Dzogchen Monastery and 7th Dzogchen Rinpoche, I note here that he seems to have a connection to Taklung Tsetrul Rinpoche, which is surely then a good thing :
http://news.palyul.org/2012/03/24/new-s ... -rinpoche/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
As head of Dzogchen Monastery and 7th Dzogchen Rinpoche, I note here that he seems to have a connection to Taklung Tsetrul Rinpoche, which is surely then a good thing :
http://news.palyul.org/2012/03/24/new-s ... -rinpoche/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Good for you BG.Blue Garuda wrote:I recently received an empowerment from Dzogchen Rinpoche who seemed 'ripe' enough and the empowerment has been of great help to me.
As head of Dzogchen Monastery and 7th Dzogchen Rinpoche, I note here that he seems to have a connection to Taklung Tsetrul Rinpoche, which is surely then a good thing :
http://news.palyul.org/2012/03/24/new-s ... -rinpoche/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
I havent had the chance to meet him yet but in my opinion this is a pretty good way to go in terms of finding a teacher one can be confident in.
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Since Dzogchen Rinpoche is Sogyal Rinpoche's brother,
I would bet he has excellent English. Is that a good guess?
I would bet he has excellent English. Is that a good guess?
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ngodrup wrote:Since Dzogchen Rinpoche is Sogyal Rinpoche's brother,
I would bet he has excellent English. Is that a good guess?
His English is excellent, and he has a warm and approachable manner. I was one of about 50 at the empowerment, so it was an intimate affair.
I went to him for a specific empowerment another Nyingma Lama had advised me to seek out to remove certain obstructions.
As Namdrol said, we need to assess a Guru for ourselves, and I believe positive karma ripened for me when I was led to Dzogchen Rinpoche.
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Re: How are teachers like Mangos?
The best in my experience are honey mangoes from Pakistan. They come shipped in really crappy cardboard boxes and often look a bit worse for wear on the outside. Nonetheless, they are delicious. Other kinds look much more promising, but turn out to be a bit insipid, or tasteless.
Not sure what this adds to this particular discussion though.
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Not sure what this adds to this particular discussion though.
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Some gurus are like Durian Fruit .
It tastes sweet and delicious, until you notice later that something smells rotten, including yourself.
It tastes sweet and delicious, until you notice later that something smells rotten, including yourself.
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Re: How are teachers like Mangos?
Good one. Here's another:Sönam wrote:I like the term Ripe ... because after a while it becomes Rotten
Teachers are like mangoes, because if you dig deep enough, all you find is the pit.
(edit: just to clarify in case anyone doesn't get it; this is just a joke, nothing serious here, of course there are plenty of good teachers.)
Re: How are teachers like Mangos?
you mean the pith I presume ...David N. Snyder wrote:
Teachers are like mangoes, because if you dig deep enough, all you find is the pit.
(edit: just to clarify in case anyone doesn't get it; this is just a joke, nothing serious here, of course there are plenty of good teachers.)
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Re: How are teachers like Mangos?
In slang usage, the seed in the middle; also for something unpleasant, inedible, no good, etc.
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That's great BG, glad you've made a meaningful connection with Dzogchen Rinpoche.
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I had a look in the dictionary ... It was just a line thrownDavid N. Snyder wrote:In slang usage, the seed in the middle; also for something unpleasant, inedible, no good, etc.
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By understanding everything you perceive from the perspective of the view, you are freed from the constraints of philosophical beliefs.
By understanding that any and all mental activity is meditation, you are freed from arbitrary divisions between formal sessions and postmeditation activity.
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By understanding that any and all mental activity is meditation, you are freed from arbitrary divisions between formal sessions and postmeditation activity.
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As the 7th Mangoling Rinpoche once wrote in the Elucidation of the Distant Mango Lassi Lamp, "The teacher who is like a ripe mango is awesome with awesome sauce".
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Yes you are right, Dzogchen must be learned from a ripe master. I wasn't paying attention to the context, sorry.Namdrol wrote: Dzogchen should be learned from a ripe master. There are very few of those -- meet them while you still have a chance. I just mentioned two.
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Zen Master Seung Sahn said, “That’s simple. Atomic bombs come from the mind that likes this and doesn’t like that.”
"Even if you practice only for an hour a day with faith and inspiration, good qualities will steadily increase. Regular practice makes it easy to transform your mind. From seeing only relative truth, you will eventually reach a profound certainty in the meaning of absolute truth."
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"Only you can make your mind beautiful."
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Ten years later a student poring over dusty manuscripts in a temple basement in Tibet discovers where everyone in the West went wrong. It turns out the passage doesn't say "ripe master" it says "rime master".
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Re: How are teachers like Mangos?
It is all OWN MIND How they appaer is how "own mind" react on "them", that reaction gets qualification.
A Dzogchen master qualifies a students' mind, whether ripen or not...no, now that mind whether ripen or not, qualifies the Dzogchen masters.
Those who see my body as ordinary form
and hear my voice as ordinary sound
Have set out upon a mistaken path.
Such people do not truly see me.
A Dzogchen master qualifies a students' mind, whether ripen or not...no, now that mind whether ripen or not, qualifies the Dzogchen masters.
Those who see my body as ordinary form
and hear my voice as ordinary sound
Have set out upon a mistaken path.
Such people do not truly see me.
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You lost me there, muni...
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What i say is simple, not the Dharmakaya sees the ripen students, in modern days the students sees the ripen master.
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Re: How are teachers like Mangos?
Care to elaborate?